Harry Potter
Most wanted
Chapter 4: Scene of the crime
The muggle suburb was quite quiet and the three wondered what it had been like when the house was blown to bits, Hermione decided that the easiest way to find out what happened was to use legilimency on a muggle witness.
Knock knock knock
An old man answered the door to three people – a man and two women – wearing black clothes.
"We're here about the explosion that happened a few weeks ago,"
The man was confused since he had answered all questions on that directly after it happened.
"Well like it told the others, it was a quiet night and suddenly I heard a bang and as I opened the door, the house next door was on fire, and after the fire department got here there was hardly anything left of the house."
"Obviously the cover story," Ron said not even worrying about the muggle hearing him, "Hermione you know what to do, Gin and I will put on some protective enchantments."
Ron and Ginny waved their wands around pointing them at the ceiling as Hermione got out her own wand and pointed at the old man.
"What on earth are you people doing?" The old man protested.
"Legilimens…" Hermione said.
Hermione saw the scene, the old man was standing outside, and he had just been for a walk on the full moon night. Rain had started to fall softly and the man decided it was time he returned home.
He was a little way away when he saw a figure standing in front of Harold Buffet's house. He could quite see his face yet but he had dark hair and he held a stick in his hand. The man didn't like the look of the man, he looked like he was up to no good. He walked closer and called out:
"Who's there?"
The dark haired man turned slightly to smile at the old man and Hermione recognised him. He then turned back to face the house and he lifted his wand and pointed it right at the house. For a second nothing happened, then the house started to shake and it exploded, the old man was thrown back onto the grass but the dark haired man stood there laughing at the flames, then he turned to face the old man, walking right up in front of him. Smiling at him before apparating away. Leaving the man alone on the street.
Hermione snapped backed to present day, they quickly adjusted the man's memory and enchantments before leaving.
They were all back in Ginny's kitchen, before Hermione spoke.
"Ron, why couldn't we have done that in normal clothes?"
"He might not have taken us seriously, we had to look like we were from the ministry," He explained.
"He was a muggle you knuckle head, he doesn't even know the ministry," growled Ginny, "Whatever, Hermione what did you find out?"
"Umm…"
"Hermione?" Ron said a little worried.
"I saw him, it was Harry, standing outside the house and then blowing it up."
"No way! I won't believe it." Ginny said as tears came to her eyes.
"I said I saw him, I didn't say it was him, he laughed at the flames and he did it all in front of the muggle man, why would he do that, it was like he wanted the man to see his face, I'm almost certain now that it wasn't Harry, someone is framing him, but why?"